List of towns in India by population
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The entire work of this article is based on the 2011 Census of India, conducted by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, under Ministry of Home Affairs (India), Government of India.
Categorization
Census of India (2011) states the following criteria in defining towns. They are:
- Statutory Town (ST): All places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board, or notified town area committee, etc.
- Census Town (CT): Those which have a population greater than 5000. Other definitions include percentage of non-agriculture working population and population density.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Abbreviations
| *: Capital city of a state | C.B: Cantonment Board / Cantonment |
| C.M.C: City Municipal Council | C.T: Census town |
| E.O: Estate Office | G.P: Gram panchayat |
| I.N.A: Industrial Notified Area | I.T.S: Industrial Township |
| M: Municipality | M.B: Municipal board |
| M.C: Municipal Committee | M.Cl: Municipal council |
| M.Corp: Municipal Corporation / Corporation | N.A: Notified area |
| N.A.C: Notified area committee / Notified Area Council | N.P: Nagar Panchayat |
| N.P.P: Nagar Palika Parishad | N.Pd: Nagar Parishad |
| N.T: Notified Town | N.T.A: Notified Town Area |
| O.G.: Out Growth | S.T.C: Small Town Committee |
| T.C: Town Committee / Town Area Committee | T.M.C: Town Municipal Council |
| T.P: Town Panchayat (T.P.) | T.S.: Township |
Sources:
- Abbreviation reference<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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